Man wounded on Elysian Fields Avenue

A New Orleans man was shot in the leg as he was walking Monday afternoon in the 1300 block of Elysian Fields Avenue.

The injury to the 48-year-old man is not life-threatening, Officer Garry Flot said.

About 3:35 p.m. police received a call of shots fired, Flot said. When officers arrived they found the victim at the rear of a church near Elysian Fields and North Villere Street. He ran there after he was shot, Flot said.

The injured man -- who was transported to a local hospital -- said he "was just walking and he got shot in the leg," Flot said.